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The digital sensation that is Day Z has turned many heads in the past few months – including some on the publishing scene. The zombie-themed mod for 2009 PC shooter Arma II was released in April and has since racked up a cool 1m users. Now the DayZ developers are …
Read More »ArmA II mod DayZ becomes standalone game
Bohemia Interactive developing new title with Dean Hall named as project lead
Read More »ArmA II mod DayZ hits 1m unique players
More than 1,200 years of game time accumulated by users
Read More »DayZ approaches 1m registered users as creator talks standalone
ArmA II’s mod monster DayZ is rapidly closing in on 1m registered users, so where does it go from here? Creator Dean Hall touched on a variety of topics regarding his smash hit with VG247, including what has to happen for the title to go standalone and the possibility of …
Read More »Modding ideal for aspiring devs, says DayZ creator
Building over an existing title and tech can teach programmers more than diving straight into C++, claims Hall
Read More »DayZ of the Dead
The ArmA II zombie mod has taken the industry by storm, we talk with the creators on how it happened and what's next
Read More »DayZ-inspired ‘The War Z’ announced
It was only a matter of time until ArmA II zombie mod DayZ spawned a fully-fledged stand-alone title. And that’s exactly what we have in the form of The War Z, which IGN reports is being developed by previously unheard of Hammerpoint Interactive and published by the little-known Arktos Entertainment. …
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